Misery

"The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain" this a very well known quote from Colin Wilson. What he means by this quote is, the average person just accepts miseries and disasters, and doesn't really care anything about it. The misery and disaster just become something normal to them. Now whether you believe this is true or not we all must accept that we have said "I'm used to it." Everyone has the right to their own opinion,…

inhabited…catching and fearing each sound as if it were to announce the approach of the demoniacal corpse to which I had so miserably given life” (Frankenstein 49). His misery began from obtaining forbidden knowledge that…

away from the world for the first twenty years of his life only to then emerge and see horror and suffering, sought to free the world of its misery and suffering. Gandhi also did not see much suffering until his experiences in South Africa which drove him to try and free the coloured people from their oppression. He too is trying to abolish racism and misery. Another thing that both the Buddha and Gandhi have in common is their quest for enlightenment. Both men are trying to find peace through…

good for us (Shafer-Landau, 53). Shafer-Landau’s objection to this theory attempts to show that the satisfaction of an informed, self-regarding desire can result in misery (Shafer-Landau, 54). In these cases, desire satisfaction theory states that the satisfaction of these desires is good for us, even in the face of the resulting misery (Shafer-Landau, 54). This does not seem correct. Shafer-Landau does not say that this is fatal to desire theory, but that this unintuitive result is “difficult…

In the film, whatever happened to baby Jane, Jane went insane not only because she took care of her sister for such a long period of time, but because she was unable to follow her dreams. Since Jane was so preoccupied taking care of Blanche, she was not able to continue her acting career, which made her into a bitter alcoholic. It drove her mad knowing everything she has done for her sister had been for nothing because Blanche did not even appreciate all the years of Jane devoting her life to…

One may gain companionship without being acquainted with the individual beforehand, proving the simplicity and lack of complication behind the concept. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Misery by Anton Chekov, The Monster and protagonists Iona both required companionship. Both stories Frankenstein and Misery possessed an absence of companionship, although they maintain many insignificant differences the similarities between The Monster and Iona are clearly evident, thus resulting in negative…

his reputation are the cause of his wretchedness. Victor’s belief that he is the most miserable of humans, causes him to be alone. Victor believes that because he knows how to create life and no one else does, that then no one can relate to the misery that he endures. He is the creator of the monster who killed people close to him and believes that no one can understand how he is the cause of…

countless works on his understanding of humans and their behavior. In all of his works, Wilson goes on to explain his thoughts on how and why humans act the ways they do. In one of his works his suggests, “The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.” This quote can be interpreted in several ways. Therefore, the question here is, what is Wilson trying to state about the average man/woman? The way I perceive this quote is…

prophecy has come true, and that he is a murderer and an incestuous adulterer so was plunged into misery. This quote shows his misery “Kill me hurl me into the sea where you can never look again” (Sophocles 321). This quote shows that he is done with all the misery he is suffering and wants to end it all. We placed this quote by his head because he gouges his eyes out so he no longer has to see any more misery in the world. Now that he knows the truth he is physically blinded. These quotes show…

The nuclear family has stood as an imperative concept of civilization for many ages. Through the ideology of nature versus nurture, children often inherit similar mannerisms, skills, and attributes to their parents. However, in the eyes of Phillip Larkin society has been utterly mistaken. The speaker in Larkin’s “This Be the Verse” advises the reader to escape society’s cycle of individual degradation for it will plague mankind. According to Philip Larkin mankind is cursed by familial…